Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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53.3% | 54.9% | 56.4% | 58.0% | 59.5% | 61.1% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%):
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%):
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6.00% | 6.26% | 6.52% | 6.77% | 7.03% | 7.29% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%):
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7.2% | 8.1% | 9.0% | 9.8% | 10.7% | 11.7% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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5.54% | 5.89% | 6.24% | 6.59% | 6.94% | 7.29% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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4.84% | 5.16% | 5.48% | 5.80% | 6.11% | 6.44% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%):
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8.5% | 9.2% | 9.8% | 10.4% | 11.1% | 11.7% |
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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0.00% | 0.09% | 0.17% | 0.26% | 0.34% | 0.43% |
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A sector describes the organizational category of a person’s employing organization. On this page, all employed persons are categorized as working in one of the following sectors (bolded terms are used in the charts and maps on this page):
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Private for-profit wage and salary workers:
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Private: Employee of private company workers
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Self-Employed: Self-employed in own incorporated business workers
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Non-Profit: Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers
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Local Government: Local government workers
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State Government: State government workers
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Federal Government: Federal government workers
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Sole Proprietor: Self-employed in own not incorporated business workers
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Unpaid Family: Unpaid family workers
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